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We are standardizing city profiles across the Arab world. What fields should be mandatory for every city, even when data is imperfect?
Current proposed minimum:
- Airport / port / rail access
- Free zone or SEZ access
- Incorporation timeline
- Corporate tax / incentives summary
- Office and industrial real estate indicators
- Talent availability
- Languages
- Procurement portals
- Legal/regulatory notes
- Quality of life
- Data confidence
Replies (5)
Add 'decision use case.' A city can be excellent for logistics and weak for HQ. Universal rankings are less useful than weighted rankings by business need.
Add salary benchmarks, university pipeline, language availability, work permit process, and localization requirements.
For logistics: distance to port, airport cargo, customs environment, bonded warehousing, and road connectivity.
For legal: foreign ownership, licensing path, tax, employment law, local partner requirements, dispute resolution, and data protection.
We will add a methodology badge to distinguish official, third-party, modeled, and community-verified data.